Home Gardens Academy

· Riverside County · Corona-Norco Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Home Gardens Academy.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
952 (2018)939 (2026)
-1.4%

If this trend holds (-0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~937 -2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~934 -5 $0
5 yr (2031) ~931 -8 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Riverside County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
93.7%
933 of 996 students

63 of 996 students who enrolled at Home Gardens Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Riverside County median
86.3% · school is in the 90th percentile of 123 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 80th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (925) 93.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (901) 93.8%
English learners (400) 89.8%
Students w/ disabilities (143) 88.8%
White (32) 96.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Cesar Chavez Academy 92.6% Cal Aero Preserve Academy 90.4% John F. Kennedy High 97.7% LA Sierra High School 87.4% Del Sol Academy 88.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
15.2%
150 of 984 students

Absenteeism is up 10.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Riverside County median
27.0% · school is better than 76% of 123 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

District financial profile — Corona-Norco Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$760.0M
+9.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$14,809
51,318 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 61.8%
Local: 27.0%
Federal: 11.2%
Instruction share
58.8%
of current spending · $7,663/pupil
Long-term debt
$684.4M
+3.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Corona-Norco Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

Home Gardens Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~934 by 2029 — about 5 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

939 students (2026)
~934 projected (2029)
at -0.2%/yr

That's about 5 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Home Gardens Academy Public 939
Peer-group median 14.2% -17%
Cesar Chavez Academy Public 1017
Cal Aero Preserve Academy Public 974
John F. Kennedy High Public 697 -31%
LA Sierra High School Public 1458 14.2% -10%
Del Sol Academy Public 1178
Allegiance Steam Academy - Thrive Public 953
Robert O. Townsend Junior High Public 927
Rubidoux High School Public 1194 13.9% -25%
Hillcrest High School Public 1798 19.5% -2%
Reach Leadership Steam Academy Public 752

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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